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A presentation of the key debates about globalisation, linking them with the growing related discussion of the possible development of global democracy. A valuable textbook and resource for students of International Relations, Politics.

Democracy --- Democratization --- Democracy. --- Democratization. --- Post-communism. --- Postcommunism --- World politics --- Communism --- Democratic consolidation --- Democratic transition --- Political science --- New democracies --- Self-government --- Equality --- Representative government and representation --- Republics

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The only textbook to provide a complete introduction to post-1989 Central and Southeast European politics, this dynamic volume provides a comprehensive account of the collapse of communism and the massive transformation that the region has witnessed. It brings together 23 leading specialists to trace the course of the dramatic changes accompanying democratization. The text provides country-by-country coverage, identifying common themes and enabling students to see which are shared throughout the area, giving them a sense of its unity and comparability whilst strengthening understanding around its many different trajectories. The dual thematic focus on democratization and Europeanization running through the text also helps to reinforce this learning process. Each chapter contains a factual overview to give the reader context concerning the region which will be useful for specialists and newcomers to the subject alike.

Post-communism --- Europe, Central --- Balkan Peninsula --- Politics and government --- Postcommunism --- World politics --- Communism --- Social Sciences --- Political Science --- Post-communism - Europe, Central --- Post-communism - Balkan Peninsula --- Europe, Central - Politics and government - 1989 --- -Balkan Peninsula - Politics and government - 1989 --- -Post-communism

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The forms of contemporary society and politics are often understood to be diametrically opposed to any expression of the supernatural; what happens when those forms are themselves regarded as manifestations of spirits and other occult phenomena? In Not Quite Shamans, Morten Axel Pedersen explores how the Darhad people of Northern Mongolia's remote Shishged Valley have understood and responded to the disruptive transition to post socialism by engaging with shamanic beliefs and practices associated with the past. For much of the twentieth century, Mongolia's communist rulers attempted to eradicate shamanism and the shamans who once served as spiritual guides and community leaders. With the transition from a collectivized economy and a one-party state to a global capitalist market and liberal democracy in the 1990's, the people of the Shishged were plunged into a new and harsh world that seemed beyond their control. "Not-quite-shamans"-young, unemployed men whose undirected energies erupted in unpredictable, frightening bouts of violence and drunkenness that seemed occult in their excess- became a serious threat to the fabric of community life. Drawing on long-term fieldwork in Northern Mongolia, Pedersen details how, for many Darhads, the post socialist state itself has become shamanic in nature. In the ideal version of traditional Darhad shamanism, shamans can control when and for what purpose their souls travel, whether to other bodies, landscapes, or worlds. Conversely, caught between uncontrollable spiritual powers and an excessive display of physical force, the "not-quite-shamans" embody the chaotic forms-the free market, neoliberal reform, and government corruption-that have created such upheaval in peoples' lives. As an experimental ethnography of recent political and economic transformations in Mongolia through the defamiliarizing prism of shamans and their lack, Not Quite Shamans is an attempt to write about as well as theorize post socialism, and shamanism, in a new way.

Shamanism --- Post-communism --- Postcommunism --- World politics --- Communism --- Religions --- Political aspects --- Mongolia --- Politics and government --- Shamanism - Political aspects - Mongolia --- Post-communism - Mongolia --- Mongolia - Politics and government - 1992 --- -Shamanism --- Chamanisme --- Postcommunisme --- Aspect politique --- Mongolie --- Politique et gouvernement

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Post-communism --- Democratization --- Democracy --- Démocratie --- Mondialisation --- Transition démocratique --- Aspect politique --- 213 Democratie --- Postcommunism --- World politics --- Communism --- Democratic consolidation --- Democratic transition --- Political science --- New democracies --- Self-government --- Equality --- Representative government and representation --- Republics --- Democracy. --- Democratization. --- Post-communism. --- Démocratisation --- Démocratie. --- Démocratisation. --- Aspect politique.

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This volume examines the 20-year aftermath of the 1989 assaults on established, state-sponsored socialism in the former Soviet bloc and in China. It brings together prominent experts on Eastern Europe and China to examine the respective trajectories of political, economic and social transformations that unfolded in these two areas, while also comparing the changes that ensued within the two regions.

Post-communism --- Government - Non-U.S. --- Law, Politics & Government --- Government - Europe --- Europe, Eastern --- China --- Politics and government --- Economic policy --- Postcommunism --- World politics --- Communism --- Post-communism - Europe, Eastern --- Post-communism - China --- Europe, Eastern - Politics and government - 1989 --- -Europe, Eastern - Economic policy - 1989 --- -China - Politics and government - 1976-2002 --- China - Politics and government - 2002 --- -China - Economic policy - 1976-2000 --- China - Economic policy - 2000 --- -Post-communism